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Burgoyne Diller

Burgoyne Diller

1906–1965

WA-00003845

Michigan, USA

SculptureGeometric AbstractionConstructivismDe Stijl

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

14

Works in Collection

33

Assets Indexed

18

Authority-backed Facts

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ827021

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Gifts of Drawing

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959–1960

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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

Field Verification (7 fields)

7 cross-verified · 0 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Artsy+2· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1546
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

Burgoyne Diller was an American abstract painter whose orthogonal compositions in primary colors and black lines directly engage the geometric vocabulary of De Stijl and the work of Piet Mondrian. His study with Hans Hofmann at the Art Students League of New York shaped his non-objective approach, which he termed constructivist. A founding member of the American Abstract Artists, Diller balanced his geometric abstraction with early figurative work as a muralist for the New York City Federal Arts Project.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Geometric Abstraction

Medium

Sculpture

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Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (14)

Study for First Theme

1963 · Crayon and pencil on paper

10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1963 · oil on canvas

Framed: 231 x 99 x 4 cm (90 15/16 x 39 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 228.6 x 96.5 cm (90 x 38 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

First Theme

1962 · Oil on canvas

182.9 × 182.9 cm (72 × 72 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition

1962 · Cut-and-pasted colored paper, gouache, and pencil on paper

16 7/8 x 13 7/8" (43 x 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Theoretical Drawings on Theme #1, Theme #2, Theme #3

1961 · Pen and black ink with graphite on paper

20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Notes on Theme #1, Theme #2, Theme #3

1961 · Pen and black ink with graphite on paper

20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1949 · Oil on canvas

26 1/16 × 26 1/8 in. (66.2 × 66.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1944 · Oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 18 1/8" (46.2 x 46.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

First Theme

1942 · Oli on canvas

42 x 42" (106.6 x 106.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Second Theme

1939 · Graphite and graphite frottage and colored pencils on cream wove tracing paper

16.6 × 15.7 cm (6 9/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Construction

1938 · Painted wood

14 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 2 5/8" (37 x 31.9 x 6.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1938 · Oil on canvas

30 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (76.5 × 76.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study, Construction

1937 · Oil on wood mounted on plywood

12 x 8 x 1 1/4" (30.5 x 20.3 x 3.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Three Men with Hats in City Street)

1932 · linoleum cut

Sheet: 25.9 x 30.7 cm (10 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.); Image: 15.1 x 20.2 cm (5 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

14 published of 20 catalogued · 10 with image

MoMA
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The Met
4 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

First Theme
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled (Three Men with Hats in City Street)
1932 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Burgoyne Diller (Wikipedia)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1938)

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Relationships

8

Movements4

Geometric Abstraction Constructivism De Stijl Abstract Art

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Background

Education

Art Students League of New York

Visual Arts

Michigan State University

Visual Arts